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Fact-finding investigation related to application for employment adjustment subsidy

Investigation of fraud by third-party committee

forensic investigation

Past Results of Fraud Investigations by Third-Party Committee(FRONTEO)

The following is a partial list of forensic investigations conducted by FRONTEO for third-party committees in the past.

Third Party Committee Company B (Other Products Industry)

会計不正

Accounting fraud

Fact-finding investigation related to application for employment adjustment subsidy
Fact-finding Investigation

Point

  • Investigation terminals

    PC, e-mail (16 terminals in total)

  • Scope of investigation

    Up to the first review

  • Contributions of using KIBIT

    (1) Accurate narrowing of review targets
    (2) Early detection of important/relevant documents

  • Effects of using KIBIT

    (1) Narrowed down the number of documents to approximately 27,000
    (2) Detected approximately 50 important/relevant documents (88% of the total) at the time of reviewing approximately 4,000 documents (17% of the total) on the first day.

PCs and e-mails of several Company B subjects (16 terminals in total) were preserved and digital forensics was conducted. KIBIT conducted up to the first review of the preserved and restored data.
In this case, KIBIT contributed to (1) the accurate narrowing of review targets and (2) the early discovery of important/relevant documents.
KIBIT was able to narrow down the review target from approximately 1,700,000 documents to approximately 24,000 documents through search, de-duplication, and email threading.
After the KIBIT score ranking, about 4,000 documents (17% of the total) were reviewed on the first day, and about 50 documents (88% of the total) were found to be important/relevant, contributing to the early detection of important documents.

Examples of Investigations by Third-Party Committees

Some of the forensic investigations FRONTEO has conducted in the past for third-party committees

Special Investigation Committee

Accounting irregularities

会計不正

Fact-finding Investigation into the use of expenses by the Executive Director
Fact-finding Investigation

Preserved PCs, smartphones, e-mails, and approximately 1,000 chats (12 terminals and external recording media) of several Company F subjects, and conducted digital forensics. KIBIT conducted up to the first review of the preserved and restored data.
In this case, KIBIT contributed to (1) precise targeting of review targets and (2) early discovery of important/relevant documents.

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Third Party Committee

Quality Fraud (Inspection)

品質不正（検査）

Safety management system
Fact-finding investigation of a case that raises serious doubts
Fact-finding investigation

We conducted digital forensics by preserving the e-mails and approximately 4,000 chats of several Company E subjects. KIBIT was used to sort the preserved and restored data to improve the efficiency of the review.
KIBIT in this case contributed to the optimization of time and cost by ensuring the comprehensiveness of the data and precisely narrowing down the review targets.

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External Investigation Committee

Antitrust Law Violations

独占禁止法抵触

Investigation to confirm the fact of inappropriate conduct

Preserved emails and chats of several Company D subjects and conducted digital forensics. KIBIT conducted up to the first review of the preserved and restored data.
In this case, KIBIT contributed to (1) precise narrowing of review targets, (2) early detection of important/relevant documents, and (3) optimization of human, time, and monetary costs through cutoff.

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Fact-Finding Committee

Quality Fraud

品質不正

Three Related Product Issues
Fact-finding investigation

PCs, smartphones, tablets, e-mails, and chats (95 terminals in total) of several Company C subjects were preserved and digital forensics was conducted. We conducted a primary review of the preserved and restored data. Some terminals were only preserved and not subject to review.
In this case, KIBIT contributed to (1) precise narrowing of review targets and (2) early discovery of important/relevant documents.

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Third Party Committee

Accounting Fraud

会計不正

Application for employment adjustment subsidy
Fact-finding investigation

We conducted digital forensics by preserving the PCs and e-mails of several Company B subjects (16 terminals in total). KIBIT conducted up to the first review of the preserved and restored data.
In this case, KIBIT contributed to (1) precise narrowing of the review target and (2) early discovery of important/relevant documents.

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Special Investigation Committee

Accounting irregularities

会計不正

Investigation to confirm the facts of inappropriate transactions with two companies

Preserved PCs, smartphones, and e-mails (9 terminals in total) of several Company A subjects involved in two companies suspected of circular transactions with Company A (case i and case ii), and conducted digital forensics. The Company conducted the first review of the preserved and restored data.

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